Announcing Our New Office: Cohen Children’s Northwell Health Physician Partners Pediatrics At Phelps
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16 September 2019
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Westchester Health Pediatrics pediatricians at the Grand Opening of Cohen Children’s Northwell Health Physician Partners Pediatrics At Phelps Westchester County’s newest pediatrics practice is now open! In order to provide the highest quality pediatric services for our area’s children, particularly those in the western part of Westchester County, Westchester Health Pediatrics is pleased to announce the
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11 September 2019
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At Westchester Health Pediatrics, we believe that bathing your baby is about more than getting your newborn clean. It’s an intimate, deeply meaningful time to bond with the newest member of your family, and for both of you to get to know each other better. Yet bath time also brings with it some anxiety for parents,
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05 September 2019
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At Westchester Health Pediatrics, we’ve dealt with lots of toddlers over the years, which means that we’ve dealt with lots of tantrums. We’ve also counseled lots of exasperated parents who want advice on how to handle their “little monsters,” especially when they’re having a meltdown in a public place. And while we certainly have some
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25 July 2019
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Above: Lucas and Zachary Tesler, Dr. Deborah V. Tesler’s identical twins As every parent knows, taking care of a newborn is totally amazing, deeply fulfilling, often frightening…and thoroughly exhausting. And that’s just for one baby. What about two?!! At Westchester Health Pediatrics, we have
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26 June 2019
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What started out as a trend several years ago has now become common practice: Many women are waiting until later in life—their 30s, 40s, even 50s—to have children. Not only are they marrying later but in many cases, they want to earn a post-graduate degree or become established in their careers before having a family.
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12 June 2019
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As we begin to enjoy the warmer weather of spring and summer with our children, many of our patients and parents begin to worry about ticks and Lyme disease. There continues to be a lot of research to better understand Lyme disease, but there is also a lot of misinformation on the internet and social
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05 June 2019
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According to a June 2018 article in The New York Times, the number of men in the United States who are full-time, stay-at-home dads has risen steadily in recent years, from a million or so in 1984 to roughly double that in 2014. Similarly, a study from the Pew Research Center reveals that 17% of all
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29 May 2019
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At Westchester Health Pediatrics, one health issue that can cause concerned parents to call us in a panic is when their child has a fever. Quite understandably, they want to know if they should simply make their child comfortable, give lots of fluids and wait it out, or whether it’s a sign of something serious
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22 May 2019
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Did you know that once toddlers reach the age of two, they’ve typically spent more time asleep than awake? And not only do those hours spent sleeping give tired moms, dads and caretakers a much-needed break, they’re also crucial for toddlers’ mental and physical development. Most of the growing children do is while they are
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16 May 2019
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Strange how history repeats itself In 1998, a British surgeon named Andrew Wakefield published a fraudulent research paper in The Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, suggesting that the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was increasing autism in British children. Because a number of parents believed this now-discredited theory and chose not to immunize their children, an outbreak of measles occurred
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